Il mito dell'oprera - Virginia Zeani, Vol. III

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Label
Bongiovanni
Release Date
November 13, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BELLINI DONIZETTI PUCCINI
    • PERFORMER
      Virginia Zeani
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Son vergin vezzosa

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: Virginia Zeani

    2. Act III: Fini! Ahime! O come dolce all'alma

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: Virginia Zeani

    3. Act III: Nel mirarti … Che provo … Vieni fra queste braccia

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: Virginia Zeani, Mario Filippeschi

    4. Act I: Care compagne … Come per me sereno … Sovra il sen la man mi posa

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: Virginia Zeani

    5. Act II: Oh! Se una volta sola … Ah, non credea mirarti … Ah! non giunge …

      Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

      Performer: Virginia Zeani

    6. Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: Ardon gli incensi … Spargi un amaro pianto

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Performer: Virginia Zeani

    7. Act I: E strano! … Ah, fors e lui … Sempre libera

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Performer: Virginia Zeani

    8. Act II: Ed or si scriva a lui … Amami, Alfredo!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Performer: Virginia Zeani

    9. Act III: Teneste la promessa … Addio, del passato

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Performer: Virginia Zeani

    10. Manon Lescaut, Act II: In quelle trine morbide

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Performer: Virginia Zeani


Considered an outlier in the history of the twentieth century operatic theater for her comparatively small discography, the Romanian soprano Virginia Zeani was nonetheless internationally acclaimed for her performances during a career of over twenty years, with her extraordinary stage presence and strikingly golden coloratura voice. The third CD of the collection "Il Mito dell'Opera" is dedicated to Zeani and features the arias from the roles that were a prominent part of her repertoire. From her signature role, Violetta of La Boheme which marked her 1948 debut through the Verdi heroines which allow the full bloom of Zeani's acting and singing abilities this collection is a valuable addition to the operatic diaspora providing vivid insight into the singer who influenced many of the generation that followed including Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Angela Gheorghiu among others and was deeply respected by her peers which included Maria Callas and Dame Joan Sutherland.